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From the EQ2 Forums: From 12:01 a.m. Thursday, March 21st, through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, March 28th, log in to EQII and take part in a look back at Norrathian days of yore. The EQII Team has created this fun event as an homage to EverQuest in honor of the anniversary of the EverQuest franchise, and although the lore doesn’t exactly fit the current story of EQII, they decided to make it extra enjoyable for those who were around for the first iteration of Norrath. Adventurers who take part in this journey through time will find some silly nods to...
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On the 20th day of every month, the grottoes of Norrath open for a short time providing players an opportunity to acquire unique house items. Although it was always intended that they would be expanded, the Moonlight Enchantments have experienced few changes since their inception — until now. This month’s event sees additional house plants and sundry items including the oft-requested “Water Tile”, all told 19 new items. Tip of the hat to Kinya of the Polish EQ2 fan site Babagra for sending me the first screenshots of these items. Niami Denmother has also updated EQ2Traders with a writeup of...
From Kaitheel’s twitter: #MoonlightEnchantments starts on 3/20 and lasts through 3/22, as a special extended event this month! #EQ2 — Nathan McCall (@kaitheel) March 19, 2013 This is in addition to other tweets that we might see other additions to this monthly event.
There are a lot of StationCash items in EQ2, and the question on the EQ2 team’s mind is: Are people not buying ‘service’ items because they don’t want them, or because they can’t find them? To find the answer to that question, next week we’ll see the [eq2u]Forgiveness Potion[/eq2u] disappear from the Marketplace and in its place, a button directly in the Character window and all Menders that allows you to repair your equipment right on the spot for StationCash. As you can see in the screenshot above, the Point of Need button appears in the lower left corner...
From the EQ2 Forums: Whether you’re just swinging by The Bar of Brell or getting ready for The Great Brewday Pub Crawl, Player Studio Artists Stormyheavens E’Clipse and Lyranny have created cloaks perfectly suited to your barroom Brewday pursuits! Luck of the Clover (by Stormyheavens E’Clipse) Cloak of Good Fortune (by Lyranny) If you’re inclined to kill a few monsters before attending Brewday celebrations, you’ll want this cloak by Vandrago: Cloak of the Dragon Slayer (by Vandrago) Continue reading on the EQ2 Forums for a number of new Marketplace items including Climbing Grape Vines, a Brewmaster’s Ship, Clover Garland, and a bundle...
From the EQ2 Forums: Many moons ago, the Dwarves started Brewday in honor of Brell. Now, each year, portals appear in Antonica, Commonlands, Haven, Greater Faydark, Timorous Deep, and Frostfang Sea to lead you to the Bar of Brell, where new and classic adventures await those thirsty and foolhardy enough to enter! Otengard Brauer has also set up a Beer Garden in the Butcherblock Mountains, but the ale seems to have attracted some goblins. Help him while competing against others in an effort to rid the area of the most goblins. And as you’re crawling through the bars and...
From Hellzelves on the EQ2 Forums: Last year on March 10, and in the week before that date, Norrathians made gaming history. Over 600 unique accounts came together from servers across Norrath for one purpose: To give a very special little Froglok some wonderful playgrounds and a very special party in his honor. For those of you who weren’t involved, we started a guild and leveled it to 70 for a [Tier 3] guild hall in less than 70 hours. We not only decorated Ribbitribbitt’s TT Island Retreat but 3 other prestige houses were donated and the T3 hall...
From the EQ2 Forums: Last year we announced our partnership with Wikia to deliver players a unified, community-driven resource. For several months we’ve been working on developing even more wikis for our most popular games. Come join us as we’ll be showcasing our official Wikia sites for PlanetSide 2, Wizardry Online, EverQuest II, and the newly-added Vanguard. We’ll also be chatting about the benefits of the wikis, how you can get involved, and more wikis that are on the way. So come join us on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 4:00 PM PST on Twitch TV for our very first Wikia...
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Double Guild XP Weekend starts tomorrow at noon PST! Game on! #EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) February 28, 2013 and from the EQ2 Forums: We are running a Double Guild XP Weekend starting tomorrow at noon PST until Sunday, March 3 at 11:59pm PST. Or should I say, Double XP weekend for Guilds…
Today, Player Studio introduces three new categories of items which can be submitted to EverQuest II — Weapons, Shields, and Hair Styles. As with all PlayerStudio items, Weapons and Shields have very specific design parameters that must be followed to be accepted into the world of Norrath. This includes a maximum number of triangles (1,000), texture resolution, level of detail, etc. Weapons and Shields are submitted with at least 3 textures or “maps”, with an optional 4th map. Diffuse (color) map — This is the design or “painting” on the item Normal map — This is the relief of...
Since the launch of the Player Studio program, EQ2 players exercising their hobby (or career) as gifted artists and 3D designers have deluged the EQ2 team with Cloak and House Item submissions. What was originally intended as a “maybe 4-5 items a month” thing has turned into a very popular program as these not-so-amateur designers continue to impress the EQ2 team with their creativity and attention to detail. Perhaps no better evidence of this is today’s introduction of the first animated Player Studio item. Although Player Studio has not released any instructions on how to animate items, a player’s...
This likely won’t affect most EQ2 players even in Europe, since last year’s repreive allowed European EQ2 players to stick with SOE, but for those who play DCUO or PlanetSide 2 in Europe, or who started playing EQ2 after the switchover, you’ll want to read this announcement from the Alaplaya forums: Dear Community, We have detected that there recently has been unauthorized third-party access to one of our systems. The possibility that your data (Email address and password) has been accessed by an unauthorized third party cannot be excluded. We were able to detect the problem promptly and took...
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale’s Twitter: Hear ye all Norrathians! We are going to have a Double XP Weekend starting tomorrow at noon until Sunday at 11:59pm PST! #EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) February 21, 2013 Double XP applies to Adventure, Quest, and Tradeskill XP. No Double XP for Guilds this time. Time Zone Conversions PST: Friday, Feb 22 @ Noon ~ Sunday, Feb 24 @ 11:59pm EST: Friday, Feb 22 @ 3pm ~ Monday, Feb 25 @ 2:59am GMT: Friday, Feb 22 @ 20:00 ~ Monday, Feb 25 @ 7:59 CET: Friday, Feb 22 @ 21:00 ~ Monday, Feb...
If you are attending SOE Live this summer (August 1-4, 2013 @ Planet Hollywood Las Vegas) and haven’t booked your room yet, there’s another reason to book early. It looks like Caesars Entertainment wants to do their part to sabotage the economic recovery in Vegas by tacking on $15-25 extra Convenience Fees PER NIGHT on all of their hotels. They claim that these fees will include internet access (wired only), a daily newspaper (25 cents), the printing of boarding passes (doesn’t everyone just use the airport kiosks or show their e-mailed pass to the person at the gate?), and local...
I had every confidence that Player Studio would demonstrate the creativity and artistic talent of EQ2 players, but I continue to be impressed by what is being approved and added on an almost weekly basis. From EverQuest2.com: Four new cloaks created by a player — Lyranny — are now available in the Marketplace! Halasian Wolfskin Cloak (Top Left) Erollisi Courter’s Cloak (Top Right) Golden Sun Cloak (Bottom Left) Halasian Loyalist’s Cloak (Bottom Right)
From Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson‘s twitter: EQII player studio: hairstyles, swords and shields will be open soon for players to create! Soon = a couple weeks! — David Georgeson (@Qixter) February 14, 2013
From EverQuest2.com: Today in the Marketplace there are two new Player Studio items available for sale! These two romantic cloaks were created by Stormyheavens E’Clipse. The cloaks both radiate passion, perfectly paired with the current Erollisi Day celebrations! Cloak of Death and Roses
This one comes to us from Arkenor over at Ark’s Ark: I received the following email yesterday. SOE is increasing European prices for a variety of currencies, claiming currency fluctuations. As a result of Sony Online Entertainment LLC’s ongoing commitment to our players to review global pricing and remain in line with exchange rate fluctuations, it is necessary for us to make adjustments to Membership pricing as outlined below. In addition to Membership pricing, some Station Cash® prices will also be adjusted. We are writing to notify you that these price changes will take effect on March 14th, 2013....
Today, along with the Press Release announcing SOE Live, we saw the first blog post by Linda “Brasse” Carlson about the new venue, some of the reasons why it was selected, and things we can look forward to improving and returning such as the Bazaar “phat loot” store and Player Panels. HURRAH! SOE Live 2013 planning is underway! We will release regular updates every month, or even more often as we get closer to the event. Tell us what you want to know about on our forums, on Twitter (@SonyOnline) and on Facebook – we’ll get you the answers. SOE...
News of the new dates and venue for SOE Live 2013 leaked due to a file being pushed early by the SOE Web Team, but now we have an official Press Release from SOE: SAN DIEGO – Feb. 6, 2013 – Sony Online Entertainment, LLC (SOE) today announced that its annual community fan event, SOE Live, will take place at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino inLas Vegas on Aug. 1 – Aug. 4, 2013. An annual SOE-sponsored event, SOE Live is set to be the ultimate gathering for the SOE community, and provides players an opportunity to celebrate their favorite free-to-play...
So after we posted Brasse’s tweets about SOE Live news coming next week, some astute readers checked out the SOE Live webpage and discovered the venue and date had already been posted. I’ve done some quick research reading reviews of Planet Hollywood online and while reviews typically trend towards the negative (most people who have a great experience don’t post about it), I saw the same type of comments enough times to warrant mentioning them. Pro: Centrally located Pro: Has a great view of the Strip Pro: Easily accessible to Paris and Bellagio. Has decent restaurants inside. Con: Rooms...
It seems like we just left Vegas and already it’s time to start talking about this year’s event… Well, @brasse has said we’ll know next week, it’s in a new venue, still in Vegas, and NOT in October. RT @notarybyt: when is…SoELive2013 — EverQuest II (@everquestii) February 1, 2013 Also it looks like SOE Live will be operating without Community Manager Donna “Danicia” Prior who was heavily involved in planning the 2012 event. And because people seem to think I make things up:
From the EQ2 Forums: Today in the Marketplace there are two new Player StudioTM items available for sale! These two dreamy cloaks were created by Stormyheavens E’Clipse. With lush colors reminiscent of Ethernere, these cloaks are sure to attract the eye of all you pass on your adventures through Norrath! Cloak of Butterfly Dreams Cloak of Cosmic Dreams For every Player Studio item sold, the creator earns money, which in turn means more items made and more items to buy! Let them know which of their items you like, which ones you don’t, and what kind of items you would...
From EverQuest2.com: Player Studio™ has been live for over a month now! We’ve seen some amazing work submitted! Host Dave Georgeson (Director of Development) will sit down with Joe Shoopack (Director of Artistic Development), Sebastian Strzalkowski (Franchise Art Director), and Matt Case (Sr. Artist) to dive in and clarify what SOE artists are looking for when submissions come in. We’ll also talk about the updated guidelines we are releasing soon, our new focus, and more, so don’t miss it! Join us on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at 4:30 p.m. US Pacific Time* on Twitch TV! The webcast is expected to last...
And so it begins… Double XP Weekend started last night promptly at Midnight (Pacific time) and will run through Tuesday, January 1st @ 11:59pm PST (that’s Wednesday, January 2nd @ 7:59 GMT). EQ2Wire Asks Now that the Group XP penalty is gone and you get as much XP with 6 people in the group as you do solo, will you be leveling different this weekend? How many levels / AAs are you planning to get? After I get the last of my alts to 95, I’ve got a 35 mystic with 180 AAs that I’ll be working on. Since mercs...